I grew up not far from Bagram Airfield, which is located about 60 kilometers north of my childhood home in Kabul. Yet despite that, and the years I spent reporting on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, ...
The Taliban will need American help to end a conflict that would surely destroy their hold on power. There is only one thing they could offer America in return. A bizarre conflict has erupted in the ...
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Bryant is last in line to board a C-130H2 Hercules aircraft at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, for a flight to Forward Operations Base Salearno, Afghanistan, on March 8, ...
Trump demanded the Taliban return Bagram Airfield to U.S. control, citing concerns over possible Chinese use of the base, but the Taliban firmly rejected the request. Regional powers—including Russia, ...
President Donald Trump made the shocking announcement this month that the U.S. is "trying" to take back Bagram Airfield from the Taliban in Afghanistan after abandoning it more than four years ago.
President Trump recently floated the possibility of regaining use of Bagram Air Base outside of Kabul. This is a very bad idea. Trump’s narrow logic for wanting the base back makes sense on its own ...
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Who Bags Bagram?

Bagram Air Base has always been more than concrete and tarmac. It is a map pin where multiple strategic stories intersect. Soviet-era power projection, the American-led post-9/11 wars, the Taliban's ...
Ever since the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Trump has said it was a mistake for the U.S. military to leave Bagram Air Base, in part, because of its proximity to China.
The Taliban has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's demand to hand over Bagram air base, emphasizing Afghanistan's sovereignty. Newsweek has reached out the U.S. State Department and Afghanistan's ...
The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military ...